Coelodonta antiquitatis (Woolly Rhino)

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X756
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$375.00
Overview

A High QUALITY, Coelodonta antiquitatis (Woolly Rhinoceros) jaw section with two teeth from Germany. This Ice Age monster lived during the Pleistocene  throughout Europe and northern Asia. This has two complete mplars and is well preserved. Rhino material is scarer than Mammoth fossils. An excellent display piece from the Rhine River, Germany. Authenticity guaranteed. 

X756       SIZE: 5" (3" Height)

Note - Posting 26 mammal and reptile fossils in March 2024.    Link to Rhinocereas teeth.

 

Coelodonta antiquitatis, the woolly rhinoceros, is an extinct species of rhinoceros that was common throughout Europe and northern Asia during the Pleistocene epoch. The genus name Coelodonta means "cavity tooth". The woolly rhinoceros was a member of the Pleistocene megafauna. The woolly rhino was an unusually large Ice Age mammal  that grew to 11 feet in length and stood 6 feet at its shoulders.  It had a huge pair of horns that grew inline on its snout with a front horn reaching 3 feet in length.